CIVIL

ENGINEERING
LAW
WHAT ARE THE SCOPE
OF THE PRACTICE
ALLOWED TO A
LICENSED CIVIL
ENGINEER UNDER R.A.
544?
WHAT ARE THE SCOPE OF THE PRACTICE
ALLOWED TO A LICENSED CIVIL ENGINEER UNDER
R.A. 544?

The practice of civil engineering

within the meaning and intent of
this Act shall embrace services
inthe form of......
WHAT ARE THE SCOPE OF THE PRACTICE
ALLOWED TO A LICENSED CIVIL ENGINEER UNDER
R.A. 544?
CONSULTATION & ESTIMATES
WHAT ARE THE SCOPE OF THE PRACTICE
ALLOWED TO A LICENSED CIVIL ENGINEER UNDER
R.A. 544?
DESIGNS

Buildings
Highways
Railroads
flood protection
drainage Airports
water supply

port works &
Bridges

tunnels
WHAT ARE THE SCOPE OF THE PRACTICE
ALLOWED TO A LICENSED CIVIL ENGINEER UNDER
R.A. 544?
DEMOLITION OF PERMANENT STRUCTURE
WHAT ARE THE SCOPE OF THE PRACTICE
ALLOWED TO A LICENSED CIVIL ENGINEER UNDER
R.A. 544?
INSTALLATION AND SUPERVISION OF THE
CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS, BRIDGES,
HIGHWAYS, RAILROAD, AIRPORTS, PORT WORKS,
CANAL, RIVER AND SHORE IMPROVEMENT
WHAT ARE THE SCOPE OF THE PRACTICE
ALLOWED TO A LICENSED CIVIL ENGINEER UNDER
R.A. 544?
DEMOLITION OF PERMANENT STRUCTURE
REPUBLIC ACT 544 CIVIL ENGINEERING LAW

ARTICLE I TITLE OF ACT AND DEFINITION OF TERMS

ARTICLE II BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR CIVIL
ENGINEERS
ARTICLE III EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION
ARTICLE IV ENFORCEMENT OF ACT AND PENAL
PROVISIONS
ARTICLE V MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 ARTICLE I
TITLE OF ACT AND DEFINITION OF TERMS
ARTICLE I - TITLE OF ACT AND DEFINITION OF TERMS

SECTION 1. TITLE OF ACT.

THIS ACT SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE CIVIL ENGINEERING LAW.
SECTION 2. DEFINITION OF TERMS.
A. PRACTICE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING WITHIN THE MEANING AND
INTENT OF THIS ACT SHALL EMBRACE SERVICES THAT SAID
BEFORE.
B. THE TERM CIVIL ENGINEER AS USED IN THIS ACT SHALL MEAN A
PERSON DULY REGISTERED WITH THE BOARD FOR CIVIL
ENGINEERS IN THE MANNER AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED.
 ARTICLE II
BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS
ARTICLE II - BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS

SECTION 3. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.

WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THIS
ACT THERE SHALL BE CREATED A BOARD OF
EXAMINERS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS, HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AS THE BOARD, TO BE COMPOSED OF A
CHAIRMAN AND TWO MEMBERS WHO SHALL BE
APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES,
UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
PRC.
ARTICLE II - BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS

SECTION 4. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD.

THE BOARD FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS IS VESTED WITH AUTHORITY,
CONFORMABLE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, TO ADMINISTER OATHS,
ISSUE, SUSPEND AND REVOKE CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION FOR THE
PRACTICE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO
CIVIL ENGINEERS ALREADY REGISTERED UNDER THIS ACT FOR ADVANCED
STUDIES, RESEARCH, AND/OR HIGHLY SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN ANY BRANCH
OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE PRC, TO
INVESTIGATE SUCH VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT AND THE REGULATIONS, THERE
UNDER AS MAY COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BOARD AND, FOR THIS
PURPOSE, ISSUE SUBPOENA AND SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM TO SECURE
APPEARANCE OF WITNESSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHARGES
PRESENTED TO THE BOARD
ARTICLE II - BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS

SECTION 5. QUALIFICATIONS OF BOARD MEMBERS.

EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD SHALL, AT THE TIME OF HIS APPOINTMENT:
A. BE A CITIZEN AND RESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES;
B. BE AT LEAST THIRTY YEARS OF AGE AND OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER;
C. BE A GRADUATE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM A RECOGNIZED AND
LEGALLY CONSTITUTED SCHOOL, INSTITUTE, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
D. BE A REGISTERED CIVIL ENGINEER DULY QUALIFIED TO PRACTICE CIVIL
ENGINEERING IN THE PHILIPPINES;
ARTICLE II - BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS

SECTION 5. QUALIFICATIONS OF BOARD MEMBERS.

E. HAVE PRACTICED CIVIL ENGINEERING, WITH A CERTIFICATE AS SUCH, FOR
A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS PRIOR TO HIS APPOINTMENT.

F. NOT BE A MEMBER OF THE FACULTY OF ANY SCHOOL, INSTITUTE,

COLLEGE, OR UNIVERSITY WHERE CIVIL ENGINEERING COURSE IS TAUGHT,
NOR HAVE A PECUNIARY INTEREST IN SUCH INSTITUTIONS;
G. NO FORMER MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY OF ANY SCHOOL, INSTITUTE OR
UNIVERSITY WHERE CIVIL ENGINEERING IS TAUGHT CAN BECOME A
MEMBER OF THE BOARD UNLESS HE HAD STOPPED TEACHING FOR AT LEAST
THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
 ARTICLE III
EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION
ARTICLE III - EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION

SECTION 10. SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION.

APPLICANTS FOR CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AS CIVIL ENGINEER SHALL
BE EXAMINED, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD, ON THE FOLLOWING
SUBJECTS: MATHEMATICS, INCLUDING ALGEBRA, PLANE AND SPHERICAL
TRIGONOMETRY, ANALYTICS, DESCRIPTIVE AND SOLID GEOMETRY,
DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS, AND RATIONAL AND APPLIED
MECHANICS; HYDRAULICS; SURVEYING, INCLUDING HIGHWAY AND RAILROAD
SURVEYING; PLANE, TOPOGRAPHIC AND HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING, AND
ADVANCE SURVEYING; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS AND
RAILROADS, MASONRY STRUCTURES, WOODEN AND REINFORCED
CONCRETE BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, TOWERS, WALLS, FOUNDATIONS, PIERS,
PORTS, WHARVES, AQUEDUCTS, SANITARY ENGINEERING WORKS, WATER
SUPPLY SYSTEMS, DIKES, DAMS AND IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE CANALS.
ARTICLE III - EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION

SECTION 12. QUALIFICATIONS FOR EXAMINATION.

ANY PERSON APPLYING FOR ADMISSION TO THE CIVIL ENGINEERING
EXAMINATION AS HEREIN PROVIDED SHALL, PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE
EXAMINATION, ESTABLISH TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE BOARD THAT HE HAS
THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS:
A. BE AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE;
B. BE A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES;
C. BE OF GOOD REPUTATION AND MORAL CHARACTER; AND
D. BE A GRADUATE OF A FOUR-YEAR COURSE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM A
SCHOOL, INSTITUTE, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OR THE STATE WHEREIN IT IS ESTABLISHED.
ARTICLE III - EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION

SECTION 16. REFUSAL TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE.

THE BOARD FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS SHALL NOT ISSUE A
CERTIFICATE TO ANY PERSON CONVICTED BY A COURT OF
COMPETENT JURISDICTION OF ANY CRIMINAL OFFENSE
INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE, OR TO ANY PERSON GUILTY OF
IMMORAL OR DISHONORABLE CONDUCT, OR TO ANY PERSON
GUILTY OF IMMORAL OR DISHONORABLE CONDUCT, OR TO ANY
PERSON OF UNSOUND MIND. IN THE EVENT OF A REFUSAL TO
ISSUE A CERTIFICATE TO ANY PERSON, THE BOARD SHALL GIVE
TO THE APPLICANT A WRITTEN STATEMENT SETTING FORTH ITS
REASON FOR SUCH ACTION, WHICH STATEMENT SHALL BE
INCORPORATED IN THE RECORDS OF THE BOARD.
ARTICLE III - EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION

SECTION 18. RE-ISSUE AND REPLACEMENT OF CERTIFICATES.

THE BOARD MAY, AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF ONE YEAR FROM
THE DATE OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION IS REVOKED AND
FOR REASONS IT MAY DEEM SUFFICIENT, ENTERTAIN AN
APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION FROM
THE REGISTRANT CONCERNED. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE
ACCOMPLISHED IN THE SAME FORM PRESCRIBED FOR
EXAMINATION, BUT THE BOARD MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, EXEMPT
THE APPLICANT FROM TAKING THE REQUISITE EXAMINATION.
 ARTICLE IV
ENFORCEMENT OF ACT AND PENAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE IV - ENFORCEMENT OF ACT AND
PENAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 20 ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACT BY OFFICERS OF THE
LAW
CONSTITUED LAW OFFICERS OF NATIONAL, PROVINCIAL, CITY,
AND MUNICIPAL GOVERMENTS
SHOULD ENFORCES THIS ACT AND TO PROSECUTE ANY
PERSONS VIOLATING IT.
SECTION 21 REGISTRATION REQUIRED
NO PERSONS SHALL PRACTICE OR OFFER TO PRACTICE
CIVIL ENGINEERING IN THE PHILIPPINES WITHOUT
OBTAINING PROPER CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION FROM THE
BOARD FOR THE CIVIL ENGINEERS
ARTICLE IV - ENFORCEMENT OF ACT & PENAL PROVISION

SECTION 22 PENAL PROVISION

PERSONS INVOLVED:
-NOT REGISTERED PERSON
-USE OF NAME OF REGISTERED CIVIL ENGINEERS
-GIVING FALSE OR FORGED EVIDENCE TO THE BOARD
-IMPERSONATE
-USE OF REVOKED OR SUSPENDED CERTIFICATE
-USE IN CONNECTIONS, ADVERTISE ANY TITLE OR DESCRIPTION
LENDING TOCONVEY IMPRESSION THAT HE IS A CIVIL ENGINEER
WITHOUT VALID CERTIFICATE AND,
-VIOLATE PROVISION OF THIS ACT
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION
ARTICLE V - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION

SECTION 23 PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SUPERVISIONS

OF CONSTRUCTION BY REGISTERED CIVIL ENGINEERS
SECTION 24
SECTION 25 RECIPROCITY REQUIREMENTS
SECTION 26 ROSTERS OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
SECTION 27 REPEAL
SECTION 28 CONSTRUCTION OF ACT
SECTION 29 EFFECTIVITY
END